2025 Lessons in Career

This was the year of selling all of my things and moving to Hawai’i

This was the year of finally leaving my tech job and believing in Awake In Wellness

This was the year of leaving behind what felt comfortable: the relationship, the community in Denver, and the yoga studio I dearly loved 

What did I learn from these destabilizing pivots in career, home and relationships? 

Even when you make the external changes to land all that you desire, the inner wounds remain. 

I truly thought I had been “doing the work” since waking up to the truth of who I am and guiding others along this path. But this year served as a reminder, I am human too and I too deserve to have human moments. 

Career

Growing up in an immigrant family household, the pressure to succeed was what I ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I was told if I didn’t get an “A” on a test, I would end up homeless. The stakes were THAT high and that trained my nervous system over decades that achievement = survival. Which is why I went for the 6 figure job in tech, knowing it was not my gift to this world and simply made external sense because of the money. 

When the universe sent me signs in May 2025 that it was time to leave the tech job- the years of healing my nervous system and rewiring scarcity mindset by preparing for this moment fueled this momentous leap. These years of healing included: affirming to myself that I wouldn’t end up homeless, mental health therapy to unpack my worthiness, building something I BELIEVED in on the side to prove to myself my purpose lied beyond software engineering.

The initial aftermath was celebration mixed with excitement, now that I got to invest in Awake In Wellness full time. Then, as the months settled in - the sobering test of my abundance mindset showed its cracks. Shifting from stable income to now solopreneur income brought up fear of ending up homeless (even though that has never happened in my life). The wound of “the more I do, the more money I’ll make” remained and I got swept up a bit. To be 100% vulnerable, in taking Awake In Wellness more seriously and officially, I lost the plot on my own mission. The pressure I put on myself to succeed in tech and throughout my own life didn’t go away, it just transferred to the pressure I was putting on Awake In Wellness to make me a livable income. And that never was the intention for Awake In Wellness, to be financially-driven. 

“I left my corporate job, why am I putting so much pressure on my own small business?”

“I abandoned stable income, why is it so hard to tap into wealth and abundance again?”

My greatest learning: 

Money and scarcity mindset are one of my recurring lessons in this lifetime. When the “safe” financial cushion deflated, I recognized wealth as an internal feeling. No matter the amount in my bank account, the persistent feeling of “not enough money” comes from ME not the actual number.  

2025 Astrology Wrapped Virtual Retreat

Offer yourself the space and reflection by looking back at your year through the lens of Astrology. Join me in a year-end reflection 3 hour virtual retreat with yoga, meditation, and journaling guided by the wisdom of astrology.